Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 70 km W of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 70 km W of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Mar 6, 2018, 9:28 PM AKST (06:28 UTC), 182 km (113 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 62 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-03-07 06:28:40 UTC
Depth
182.1 km (113.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.853° N, 164.513° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
22

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.072 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.871 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 111 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.973 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 75 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 2.093 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.888 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 2.550 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.063 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 108 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 1.8107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.336 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 98 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.968 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.728 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.469 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.145 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.820 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 90 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.184 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.3103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.636 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 77 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.757 km N of Akutan, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 142 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 3.462 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 3.089 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 2.860 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 3.433 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.316 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 143 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.885 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3142 days ago · -1 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 2.086 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.864 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 148 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 2.278 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.448 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.165 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 84 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.591 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.960 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0183197ld9 (also filed as ak18694352). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:20 PM UTC.